Jacquard-card repeater



INVENTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 v. RoY E' JACQUARD CARD REPEATER. Filed May 1925 Nov. 2 1926.

4%., ATTORNEYS Nov. 2 ,1926. 1,605,616

.7 V.ROYLE JACQUARD CARD REPEATER 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 F l y 11, 1923 llllillll BY E3 I a /EL; 14TTTHUVEXS Patented Nov. 2, 1926. E ABLE COPY -fitipther olijetit consists in" prtn i ding im- I ovediineaiis" for lioldinglthe card cylinder f th thedsi'red'Ha'ee in proper relationship t0- the) b tlfli of needles 'd iii'in'; the jrec iprocaeingrgeeernent of the operating carriage 'ofthe' mach ne;

"-Eertair'f iiiip ovements injfthe form, construc- '3 tidn 5 and "arrangement of i tlie' 'sei eriil parts f xyhereby the aboj e iiained and other'ob'jects ,l 3. r 20. pract cal, embod ment of: the -.1nrent1on 1 i 'prie'sented .m' the accompanying draw- "*ii-s eiwfi ebrr I ier-0 -fr ei' eet n. e a re -...v. i-partly:-i iZseptie: 'showing the right hand' e t e 'r e e .i

2 "represents a View, complementary to Fig; "1; shoii ing'the lett h zind portion of;

Fig. 3 r'e'presei'its an enlargedldetail side ll"elefi htionllilooliing atthe right hand end of the perts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. qerepresents. a View s milar to Fig. 3,

" witli: parts' removed to show those behind.

f 'Fig. 5 represents a detail plan view of the lock'ing plunger, and ad acent parts, for cooperating w th one end 01; the card cylinder.

' F 6 represents a detail side View showf' i'n'g on'e of the ineans for gauging the verti- Ca'l adj ustment, of the eoreand cylinder.

This invention is an improvement upon t he ii pp aretns shown end described in my gnited States Letters Patent No. 1.,03270'1', ated July 16, 1912, and is designed for "nse in connection with a machine sncl1.,for

' "instance, as thatshow'n inmy United States Letters Patent 556,775,, dated March24, 1896. Conseqnently,'th general construction and operation of the. machine will not be herein shown or described, as it will be assumed that the same is-familiar to those skilled in the art. The description here w ll be limited to those parts necessary to set forth the novel features and improvements that constitute my present invention.

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JACQUARD GARD REPEATER.

1923'. serial in. 638,287.

' reciprocate the, i v(iaid cylinder in operative relationship jwith thebank of selecting necdle's, s denoted by Land itis provided with su table drit'e gears '2, 3 and connected actuating parts for imparting the usual step by stepmot'ation tolthe card cylinderfl'This mechanism constitutes 'no part-of my invenltfl a pair .fof yo'kesj tia'ndt each Zifjyhich iv si fie iidie t e m :-'t e scre\ys being provided with milledjheads 8.

travwini- 'si'ippprting bearings '12:,"131forthe core As a result this arrangementgit will .be s en t a -te tend mor a j 'vertie'ally with'fi'espeet to" the bank of 'needles not. sh'oifii )f: so ill l l iiiablefthefopercured at" any selected position the "screw 16 which ,is fitted to enter any; ene of" the 'oper'atorto select e-ny portionilatrally considered, of the-'design 'on thecards.,

A rod 18 ismoiinted independing hrack sliding en'gng'ement a supporting Roller-Knot shown) over which the cards mayg'be fed to the cylinder 15, in a vivell understoodmanner. .i A j.-

One end of the core 1ft, f v vhi 'ch,is shown at the rightiin Fig 1, has its journal 21 separate from it ,"bu t keyed thereto,'as indi. cated at 22, and the said core. is 'provided with a split sleeve 23; whichsurronnds' the journal 21 and fits in the bearing '12 on the traveling nut 10. The extremityoi theLouter part of the sleeye23 carries a pinion 24 that meshes ,with a'gear25 which. isloosely mounted on a shortshaft 26 carried in bores formed in the meet'ingends of arms 27; and

28. Thus the shaft26 also serves as a pm to nnitethe ends ofithe said arms 27. 28 in .a pivoted joint. Arm 2? is fitted on a lateral projection of bearing 12 carried by traveling nut 10. while. arm 28 is pivoted to the SUP- port of gear Wheel 2 which constitutes part l of the actuating mechanism of the machine, as hereinbefore mentioned.

2 of'the machine operating mechanism, is

5 exactly like gear and is freely mounted on the hub of gear' 25 so as td lie mate's ment with the last named gear, Because of its free mounting, I choose "to' call the gear 29 a free gear. Aclamping nut 31 ,is threaded on the end of th'hiib 30' amateurs a .collar 32 which is keyedjor sliding movepermits. the nut 31 to be turned so as to firmly clamp the gear- 29Yto gear 25, through. the intermedia-tion ofcollar 3 2, and thereby oausefl the gear 29, toimpart motion'to gear, I h

f may be set in operation in,the. regula r .way,

when tl e ;.machine is in:operation.,j..,; In-order to prevent-accidental movement 'or the card cylinder 15 such as to bring ,operative face outof. proper relationshipto 7 the bankof:needles, I, provide anotched (115C,-

: 33 which is secured to the end of journal 21 .by a pin.34, and.to' the;pinion 24 by pins 33*. (Fig. 3). This disc hasafournotches :35 J'Fwhich are intended-to receive. studs 36, 36. v I v I arms 37 will serve. to hold ,thenotched disc, and hen'cethecore and cylinder, in proper carriedJat the upper .ends of arms 37, :37, which arms'arepivoted at 38,38 in a bracket 39 that is secured by a screw40to the under ,:-,side of; bearing 12. AEretractilecoil spring 5,41 has its endsconnected to pins 42, 42 on an; arms 37, 37 so asto normally urgethem towardi each other andjthus retain the studs 3 36 innotches 35 in the disc 33. The pivoted ends of arms 37 have lateral projectionsto- 35 ward eachother which meetin the form of a' ball-and socket joint 43,,and a lever 44 projects outwardly from the arm 37 which carries the ball of the joint 43,:so that manual downward pressure on the said lever will 1 cause the arms 37 to moveapart against the tension of spring 41, thereby releasing their studs .36- from engagement with notches 35 in the disc 33. The provision of two arms I with studs engaging two oppositely disposed notchesprovides avery positive and effective holding device for the purpose specified.

The object of the arrangement above described is to so arrange the mechanism that the card cylinder 15 may be vertically adj usted for the purpose of selecting a portion of the pattern 'on the card which is in operative position, While maintaining the operative face of the cylinder in parallelism with the bank of needles; and the parts operate in the following manner:

When the vertical adjustment is desired, it is only necessary to manually loosen clamping nut 31 and turn the milled heads 8, 9 of the-screws 6, 7 in the desired direction, which operation will cause the traveling nuts 10, 11 to move up or down, as the case maybe, and thereby to carry core 14 and cylinder 15 to the predetermined vertical position. The arms 27 and 28 will yield sufliciently about the shaft of drive gear 2 to permit thismovement of the said parts,

h m w i g r a id, during this vertical adjustment (which Anether gear "29; which imeshes with "gear is free'on shaft 26, to rotate in an anti-clockwise 'dir'ctiiig 'aiidthereby permit the core 14 and cylinder 15 to move upwardly about the 'axisofgear 2 as a pivot, without changing. the,paralleirelationship of the operative face" of th cylinder to the bank of needles since the cylinder is, yieldingly but firmly held in proper parallel position by the engagement of the arms 37 with. the

notched disc 33. After the desired vertical adj ustmenthas been obtained, the clamping,

nut 31 tighteneddown and-the apparatus intermittently out of engagement with the Iiotches' 35. However, whenever the operatlon of. the apparatus is; interrupted, the

position as above, described. y

The "apparatus also includes fa, device for insuring ,thattheoperative face of the eylin der shall move against the bank offneedles while lying in exact 'parallelismf therewith during ,the reciprocating I movement of the carriage-1, whlch device is shown in Fig. 5,

and consists of a spring-actuated plunger 45 that is mounted in a slide 46 carried on a bracketf47 which is secured to the main frame of the machine by cap screws 48. This plunger 45 has a tapered nose-49 which is designed to fit exactly in correspondingly shaped notches 50 formed in a disc 51 that is fixed to the end of the core 14. As the carriage 1 is retracted in its reciprocatory movement (Well understood in the art) so as to bring the face of the card cylinder 15 against the bank of needles, the nose 49 of the plunger 45 is'forced tightly into a notch 50 in the disc 51 so that an exact fit between the two is obtained andthe cylinder 15 held in exactly parallel relationship with respectto the bank of needles while the operation of the cards thereupon is taking place. The

construction and mode of operation of the device just "described is substantially identical with the correspondingdevice shown in Figs. 7 and 8 of my said prior Patent No.

1,032,707, and described inthe specification uointer 55 adapted to cooperate with the .c ali brations on the, scale 52. The said cali; igrationsarepreferably spaced so as to corre-j sponcl yvith tlie ;l ines of-holes in the cards,

ifi order that the operator may predetermine the vertical adjustment otthef ,card cylinder.

so as to'utilize that portign otthepattern l beginning at any desiredline on,,the, card, also provide a scale, in a which the .;calibra; tions are vsimilarly Spaced, on the side i face otyoke' 5 as clearly shown at 56,-;(Fig. 6).;. llihi s scale is adapted to cooperatev with a P9, I- .7 t at. i siseci d y in -screw, 58 f "Quill? travelingnut 11. This arrangement constitutes a guideffor the operator in .the

rtical adjustment of the core and cylinder,

d isposed as to be readilyobsen'ed by the perator. I

. may'he resorted to in theiorm, construction andarrange nent otthe severaliparts. with out departing from thei spirlt and scope of,

be limited to, the detai lsi herein shown and. ;.described except as tlie'y may be, included the claims. lYhat-l claim is:

1, Anapparatus of the character described ,comprising,a card cylinder, means. for interi'1'iitte1 1tly rotating the same, and mechanism; for holding tlie cyl-inde-ri in various rotary positions, said mechanism includinga device connected to the, cylinder and ,lockng elementsjjengaging saiddevice at a plurality ofpoints so spaced that the-locking elements grasp said device betiveen them.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, means for inter F -for holding thecylinderin various rotary positions, said mechanism including a device connected to the cylinder and'locking elements engagingsaid device at oppositely disposed points.

' An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, means for intermittently rotating the same, and mechanisi'n for holding the cylinder in various rotary positions, said mechanism including a notched disc connect-ed to the cylinder and locking elements engaging said 'notched disc at a plurality of points so spaced that the locking elements grasp said device between them.

i. An apparatus of the character described comprising a card'cylinder, means for intermittently rotating the same, and mechanism rm holding the cylinder in various rotary positions, said mechanism including a notched disc connected-to the cylinder and locking elements engaging said notched disc at oppositely disposed points.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, means for intermiittentlyi.

hich guide is locatedat ,the ,op'positevside. ,1 of tl enifachine from the, scale, 52; andiis soy.

. m invention and hence,;l donot intend tox initt-ently,rotatingthe same, and mechanisini BEST AVAILABLE COPY a rotating the .sa1ne,-,:and i mechanism for-holding the cylinder in various. rotary positions, said-mechanism includinga device 1 connected to. thecylinder and y'ieldingarms engaging .saiddeviceiat a: plurality of points. 6. An apparatus of. the characterdeseribed comprising, a ..card cylinder, means I for in .,termittentlyinotating the same, 1 and mechanism for;- holding the; cylinder in various rotary positions, 1 said, mechanism-including a device connected to the cylinder and yielding arms engaging said device a-t oppositely;disrposed (points. v v 7i. Anapparatusxof.the character described A comprising, .a card tc-ylinder, i means; for in htermittently rotating the. same, 'andi mechanism for. holding/the cylinder in various ro- Htaryipositions, :said zmechanismincluding a e winotchedadisci connectedtomthe'cylinder-iand lpwiil be understcodthat various ,chfingesv yielding. arms engaging'saidmotched:disc at iii-plurality ojzpoints'. W i 8. .An apparatus ofthe oha-ractendescribed comprising, .a.card cylinder, means-forkini.te'rmittently -rotating the same, 1 and imechanisin for lioldingtliecylinder inivarlious rotary i positions, said: inechanisn-r I including a .notched, disc connected to :the 'cylinden and yielding arms engaging-saidnotchedidisc at .oppositelydisposed points. i v 9. An apparatus ot- -the characterdcscribed comprisinga card oylinder lneans .for intermittently rotating-the same, mechanism for holding the'fcylinder in various irotary positions, said mechanism including 15a device connected to the cylinder and yield ing arms-engaging said device at a plurality of points-,"and means for moving said arms out of engagement s-vwith the device comprising, projections extending laterally from: the armsandnnating in a movable' joint, and a leverconnecited to one ort said arms and one of said projections, whereby operation of the --lever will directly move one of the-arms and-cause its projection to move the other arm. I

10. An apparatus of the character-Edescribed comprising, a card cylinder, means for intermittently rotating the same, mechanism for holding the cylinder I in various rotarypositions, said mechanismincluding a device connected tothe, cylinder; and yielding arms engaging said device at oppositely disposed points, and means for'moving said armsout of engagement; with the device comprising, project-ions extending laterally from the arms and mating in a movable joint, and a lever connected to one of said arms and one of said projections, whereby operation of the lever Will directly Ir 1.!)

move one of the a ms and cause itsprojection to move the other arm.

11. An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, means for intermittently rotating-the same, mecha- -nism for holding the oylinder in various H .rotary' positions, said. mecha-nism including 3: -a notched discconnected to the cylinder and f 'disccomprising', projections eXtend-inglater-' iaallyfrom' the arms and mating in a mov-.

-;able1joint, and a lever connected to one of said arms and one of said projections, Wherea H by. Poperation of the lever will directly move -ione ofithe arms. and cause its projection tol,

'- move the other arm.-,;.-

scribed comprising,a-card cylinder, means 'mfor intermittently rotating the .same, mech 4.2.11lSI11l-f015h0ldi11g the cylinder in various --:-rota-rypositions,=.said mechanism including a notched disc connected to the cylinder and -iyielding armsl engaging said notched disc at L-oppositely disposed-points, and means for moving said arms out of engagement W1th i- Lth-G :disc, comprising, proj ections: extending vvilatera-lly -fro1nthe arms-and .mating in a :move-oneof the arms and cause its projec- ;t1on i-toamove the. other arm. I

13. An apparatus of the character de-- ascribedcomprising, a card cylinder 7 having na:,plurality of faces, and'means foivvertical-r :.,.,1y adjusting the same While maintaining its operative fac'einthe same plane.

3 -:f, 14;,,An apparatus; of the character de- :,scribed comprising, a cardrcylinder, means for rotatlngthe same, and means for verutlcallyad ust1ng the cylinder, said rotating means-including a member adapted to slip -so1as to permit the vertical adjustment of 40- .the cylinder to take place while. maintaining its operative face in the same plane.

a 15.1 An, apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, means for. rotating the same, means for vertically adjusting the cylinder, said rotating means including a member adapted to slip so as to permit the vertical adjustment of the cylinder to take place While maintaining its operative face in the same plane, and means for locking said member againstslipping.

.16, An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, a train .ofgears for rotating the same, and means for vertically adjusting, the cylinder, said train of gearsincluding one which is arranged to slip so as; to permit the vertical adjustment of the cylinder to take place while maintaining its operative face in the same plane.

'17. An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, a train of gears for rotatingthe same, means for vertically adjusting the cylinder, said train of gears including one which is arranged to slip so as to permit the vertical adjustment and means for locking said last named gear againstslipping; r

18. An apparatus of the-character describedcomprising, a card cylinder, and

means for actuating the same, said-means including'a drive gear, a gear 'connectedto the cylinder, and an intermediate 'free'gear. I An apparatus of the character,, described l comprising, i a card cylinder, means r for"actuatingthe same,said-means includ- 12. An apparatus of the character de-u ing a adrive gear, a gear connected to the cylinder, and an intermediate free gear, and means for lockingflsaid free gear in opera- 9 tive relationship with the other gears.

QOwAn apparatus of the character ;described comprising, a card cylinder-, and means for actuating the same, salidntieans includinga drive g'ear, agear' coiinectd to 35 the cylinder, a third gear meshing vvith the last named gear, and a freefgeairintermediate *thedrive'gear and 'third gears 'f" -;:movable.,joint,,and a lever connected to'one 25, of said .arms .and one of said-projections,.. whereby operation of the lever will directly 21. An apparat us -'of thefiharabterdescribedcomprisingy'a card cylinder means for actuating theJsa-me; said means includ mg a drive gear, a gear connected'jto'the cylinder, a third gear meshingwith'the last named gear, and a free" gear intermediate the drive gear and thi-rd'i-g'ear, and meansfforfl locking. said free: gear a in operative relationship with the drive gear and third gear.

22.'An iapparatusf of the' character described comprising, "a" card cylinder; *and means foractuatlngthe sameg-saidmeans includinga'd'rive gear, a gear connected to the cylinder, and an lntermedlate free gear, said free'gear being mounted'lnan'arm supported on the cylinder bearing.

23. An apparatus of the character dems scribed comprising, a' card cylinder, and means for actuating thefsame, said means including a drive gear, a gear connected to the cylinder, a third gear meshing With-the last named gear, and a free gear-'interuo mediate the drive gear and third gear, said free gear and third gear being mounted in an arm supported on the'cylinder bearing.

24:. An' apparatus ;of the character described comprising, va card cylinder, and means for actuating the same, said means including a drive gear, a gear connected to the cylinder, and an intermediate free gear, said free gear being mounted in a pair of arms, one arm being supported on the cylinder 12o bearing and the other arm being supported on the drive gear bearing.

25. An apparatus of the character de scribed comprising, a card cylinder, and

a pair of arms, one arm being supported on the cylinder bearing and the other arm being supported on the drive bearing.

26. An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, and

means for actuating the same, said means including a drive gear, a gear connected to the cylinder, a third gear meshing with the last named gear, and a free gear intermediate the drive gear and third gear, said free gear and third gear being mounted in a pair of arms, one arm being supported on the cylinder bearing and the otherarm being supported on the drive gear bearing, the shaft of said free and third gears constituting a pin for uniting said arms in a movable joint.

28. An apparatus of the character described comprising, a card cylinder, and means for actuating the same, said means including a drive gear, an arm mounted on the; shaft of said drive gear, a gear connected to the cylinder, an arm mounted on the bearing of said gear, a shaft connecting the free ends of said arms to form a movable joint, a third gear provided with a projecting hub mounted on said last named shaft and meshing with the gear connected. to the cylinder, a free gear mounted on said hub and meshing with the drive gear, and a clamping device threaded on the hub for bringing the free gear and third gear into driving engagement.

29. An apparatus of the character, described comprising, a c-ard cylinder,v and means for actuating the same, said means including a drive gear, an arm mounted on the shaft of said drive gear, a gear connected to the cylinder, an arm mounted on the bearing of said gear, a shaft connecting the free ends of said arms to form a movable joint, a third gear provided with 'a projecting hub mounted on said last named shaft and meshing with the gear connected to the cylinder, a free gear mounted on said hub and meshing with the drive gear, a collar slidably but not rota'tably mounted on said hub adjacent the free gear, and a clamping device threaded on said hub and adapted to force the collar against the free gearfor bringing the free gear and third gear into driving engagement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this first day of May, 1923.

, VERNON ROYLE. 

